GB2193620B - Computer tomographic phantom - Google Patents

Computer tomographic phantom

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GB2193620B
GB2193620B GB8717648A GB8717648A GB2193620B GB 2193620 B GB2193620 B GB 2193620B GB 8717648 A GB8717648 A GB 8717648A GB 8717648 A GB8717648 A GB 8717648A GB 2193620 B GB2193620 B GB 2193620B
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computer tomographic
phantom
tomographic phantom
computer
tomographic
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Albert Henry Roger Lonn
Donald Robert Jacobson
David John Zech
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General Electric Co
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/58—Testing, adjusting or calibrating thereof
    • A61B6/582—Calibration
    • A61B6/583—Calibration using calibration phantoms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/02—Arrangements for diagnosis sequentially in different planes; Stereoscopic radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/03—Computed tomography [CT]
    • A61B6/032—Transmission computed tomography [CT]
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/40—Arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/4035—Arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis the source being combined with a filter or grating

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  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
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  • Radiology & Medical Imaging (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
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GB8717648A 1986-08-07 1987-07-24 Computer tomographic phantom Expired - Fee Related GB2193620B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US06/894,287 US4870666A (en) 1986-08-07 1986-08-07 Computer tomographic phantom

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GB8717648D0 GB8717648D0 (en) 1987-09-03
GB2193620A GB2193620A (en) 1988-02-10
GB2193620B true GB2193620B (en) 1990-09-26

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US (1) US4870666A (en)
JP (1) JPS6379638A (en)
CN (1) CN1014580B (en)
AU (1) AU598287B2 (en)
DE (1) DE3725373A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2604083A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2193620B (en)

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US4870666A (en) 1989-09-26
CN1014580B (en) 1991-11-06
AU7670287A (en) 1988-02-11
CN87105483A (en) 1988-02-17
FR2604083A1 (en) 1988-03-25
DE3725373A1 (en) 1988-02-18
GB2193620A (en) 1988-02-10
GB8717648D0 (en) 1987-09-03
JPS6379638A (en) 1988-04-09

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